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IMO revolutionaries are worse than conservatives. They are more destructive. And there's more ways to be wrong than right. It's a bit like doing rewrites of ma
by curi 19y ago
IMO revolutionaries are worse than conservatives. They are more destructive. And there's more ways to be wrong than right.
It's a bit like doing rewrites of major production systems. Not a good idea. But of course it's much worse because human culture is more complex than a computer program.
But also like major production systems, we definitely can improve them. Now we just need unit tests for cultures to make refactoring easier.
- yters 19y agoPlus, most revolutions aren't really revolutionary in idea. They mainly retread tired, broken ground that the "conservative" position was meant to fix. I'd say a significant amount of innovation in the political, social, and philosophical realm is merely forgetfulness.
- curi 19y agoWant to give a couple edifying examples? PS Have you read any Edmund Burke? Got an opinion of him?